Monday, February 6, 2012

Tucson Gem Purchases

I had a wonderful time shopping for gems at the Tucson shows this year. I found myself being more selective, which resulted in higher quality gemstones. I also managed to spend a lot less money than usual. This is a very good thing!

Apparently, I was on a lapis kick during this trip. Here are: teardrops, cushion cut briolettes, rondelles, pear briolettes. Actually, if I had to summarize my purchases in one word, it would be BLUE. Sure, I bought other colors as well, but blue was predominant.

Above are blue chalcedony, aqua chalcedony, Swiss blue topaz and kyanite. See what I mean about the blue-ness of my trip?

Gorgeous turquoise teardrops (the vendor, Mike -- yes, we are on a first name basis after 10 years! -- told me that David Yurman bought these same turquoise stones. I'm in very good company indeed!), green chalcedony, chrome diopside, smooth kyanite.